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Expulsions
During AY07, 3,451 students were expelled from school, a 36 percent increase from the 2,543
expelled in AY02. Figure 12 shows the rates of students expelled from school from AY97 to
AY07.
Figure 12
Rate of youth expelled per 100,000 K-12 students enrolled, by region,
AY97 to AY07
Rate per 100,000 students enrolled
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Academic year
Cook Northern Central Southern Illinois
Source: Illinois State Board of Education
The statewide expulsion rate for AY07 was 169 per 100,000 enrolled students. This represents a
33 percent increase in the statewide rate of expulsions, from 127 per 100,000 enrolled students in
AY02. Cook County experienced a 66 percent increase from 78 in AY97 to 129 in AY07, and a
6 percent decrease from 137 in AY02.
Southern counties experienced a 181 percent rate increase in expulsions from 131 in AY02 to
369 in AY07. The rate of expulsions for Southern counties doubled between AY06 and AY07.
Central counties saw a 29 percent increase in their expulsion rate from 202 during the 2001-02
academic year to 261 in AY07. Central counties also saw a 48 percent increase between AY03-
04 and AY04-05.
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